Creating, Sharing and Living the Patchwork Dream

March 02, 2013

New Classes with Kyleigh and Bev

It is time once
again for Kyleigh’s next Gift of Love class this Saturday 9 March. Kyleigh has made these delightful little
zipper purses from Atkinson Designs.
They are just perfect for your handbag/sewing bag in which to carry any number of
items – I think they would be perfect to pop in your pocket especially when
going to the movies – room enough for a credit/eftpos card, mobile phone and a little change
for a drink or popcorn. Of course they
would be perfect to hold a thimble, needles and embroidery scissors. The bigger purse could even hold some paper
pieces and pre cut fabrics for the times you are stuck waiting in the school
queue or at sports training.

This twin purse is just to cute..........

Kyleigh will show
you how easy it is to pop in a zip and how once you know the tips and tricks
you can then make your little purse as big as you like. These are a winner for me – I absolutely love
these little cash and carry’s to hold all manner of items.

This is a great
class also for any little sewers (high school age min.) as they would make
perfect gifts for girlfriends and family.
If you would like to join Kyleigh for this fantastic class please call
the shop to book your pink chair.

The second class
is very exciting - machine quilting
class with Bev McClune. This class is
open to all quilters interested in domestic machine quilting regardless of
current ability. Bev believes that machine
quilting is as individual as we are.
Beginners to machine quilting will be shown start - stop lines of
stitching, play around with free motion quilting and how to transfer easy
designs on their quilt without marking.
Bev will also share some easy designs that can be practiced at home to
improve skills learnt during the class.

For ladies that
have skills with free motion work Bev will move them into learning a skill that
they are wishing to master for example – designing spaces and filling these
spaces with background quilting. Bev
will also demonstrate the basics of feathers and how they are formed
(formal/informal or anyway you wish).
Feathers can fit any space on a quilt and over the weekend you will
cover many variations of these.

Bev has a very
hands approach in her classes so there is lots of demonstrating and
copying. She finds this method the most
successful for ladies to grasp the many and varied techniques covered over the
two days.

If you would love
to improve your quilting skills this is a must do class. Places are limited to ensure that Bev is able
to spend quality time with everyone so please call the shop to book your pink
chair. Guaranteed to be a very creative
and inspiring class for all who attend.

I leave you with a quote from Walt Disney "It's kind of fun to do the impossible".